Insect-trap.



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. witvw ooea I UNITED STATES WILLIAM H. GRASSER, or OROFINO, IDAHO.

INSECT-TVRAP.

- Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

Application filed January 24, 1906. Serial No. 297,636-

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, WiL'LIAMH. GRASSER, a citizen of the United States,residingat Orofino, in the county of Nez.Perce, State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insect-Traps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to traps, and more particularly to insect-traps, and-has for its object to provide a trap especially designed to catch carniferous vermin, such as are found in beds and sleeping quarters, and has for its object to provide a device which will afford numerous crevices for the entrance of the insects, it being well known that insects of this particular kind habitually frequent small cracks in furniture, abrasions in wallpaper, &c.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate similar arts-in the several views, Figure 1 is a view s owing a portion of a bed with the present invention attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the trap. Fig. 3 is a view showing the trap 0 en. Fig. 4 is a transverse section through t e body portion of the trap, one of the straps being in elevation Fig. 5 is a detail perspecare held with their edge portions in spaced relation, and the inner portions of the strips are cut away to form a central chamber 6 within the body portion, the spaces between the central portions of the several strips 5 forming passages communicating with the central chamber and opening through the outer surface of the body portion.

In the inner surface' of each end of the chamber 6 there is formed a central socket 8,

a portion of each of these sockets being formed in the end portion of each strip, and a core 9 is engaged at its ends in these sockets and lies slightly spaced from the inner faces of the centra portions of the strips, as shown.

Straps 10 are engaged with the body portion at the end thereof and are secured to the several strips, the straps being connected at their end to hold the strips in operative position, and when the straps are disconnected the several strips may be Iroved to lie beside each other, as shown in Fig. 3, to pernit of cleaning the trap. The straps 10 may be passed through loops 11, carried by one side rail of a bed, and a metallic shield 12 is secured to the side rail and extends upwardly and outwardly of the trap to prevent insects from passing therefrom to a wall against which the bed is placed.

In Fi 5 there is shown a different method of attac ing a tra to a bedstead, in which a wire hook is emp oyed, consisting of a wire bent to form spaced legs A and B and a connecting-bight C. The legs are each given a compound curve by bending, and at their free ends they are curled inwardly, as shown at D,lto form clips for engagement over a bedra1 ends of the legs A and B extend upwardly, and the outer curves of the legs form rests to receive the trap. It will be understood that a plurality of these hooks are used for each trap and that when the latter are engaged. therein the several portions of the trap are held in operative position by the hooks, as shown.

What is claimed is a 1. A trap comprising a hollow body portion including a plurality of separable sections, said body portion having a plurality of slots therein communicating with the interior thereof, and a core removably disposed within the body portion.

2. A device of the class described comprising a body portion including a plurality of longitudinallyextending separable strips, said body portion having a plurality of longitudinal slots therein communicating with its interior and terminating short of its ends and having sockets in the inner faces of its ends, a portion of each of said sockets being formed in each of the strips, a core removably .engaged at its ends in the sockets, and means When thus engaged, the connected for holding the several strips in operative po- 1 In testimony whereof I afiix my signature sition. in presence of two Witnesses.

3. A trap comprising a hollow body portion having a plurality of slots therein communi- WILLIAM GRASSER 5 eating with its interior, and a core Within the Witnesses:

body portion in spaced relation to the Walls P. H. BLAKE, thereof. J. W. BLAKE. 

